Job Description

Join our Core Business Services (CBS) team and you will help support the important business enablement functions that keep our organization running strong. As a CBS professional, you will work across teams to provide the knowledge, resources and tools that help EY deliver exceptional quality service to our clients, win in the marketplace and support EY’s growth and profitability. Major teams within CBS include Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Enterprise Support Services, Brand Marketing and Communications, Business Development, Knowledge and Risk Management.

Join our Legal team and you will help provide legal advice to mitigate our business risk as we achieve our commercial goals in a complex environment.

With so many offerings, you have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well this is just the beginning. Because whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Qualifications

Background

The General Counsel’s Office (GCO) is dedicated to proactively support and align with the needs of EY networks, taking responsibility for a successful and world-class execution. The GCOis instrumental in delivering on these commitments through their hands-on, technical legal work, involvement with internal clients, management and leadership qualities. This role is exercised in a manner that exemplifies EY values at all times.

This position reports to the Asia-Pacific General Counsel and primarily responsible for managing legal and regulatory matters including litigation, regulatory investigations and enforcement, advising senior management on contentious matters, liaising with various stakeholders including external legal counsel, regulators and internal clients within the organization.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will supervise, advise on and manage a full range of litigation matters including regulatory investigations and enforcement, commercial litigation, mediation and arbitration, client negotiations and settlements as well as advising on other liabilities and contentious matters. The incumbent will be the key point of contact to senior stakeholders, legal teams throughout the organization and the compliance function.

Requirements

Qualified to practice law in Hong Kong

Strong academics and extensive relevant litigation or contentious regulatory investigations experience; the candidate will have at least 12 years of post-qualification legal experience in Hong Kong and mainland China gained specifically in financial services at a leading private practice firm or in-house financial organization

Excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese, proficiency in Putonghua is required

IT proficiency: Word, Excel and PowerPoint familiarity

The following personal qualities are key to success within the EY GCO:

Delivery and output – an ability to be highly responsive, reactive and comprehending of a wide variety and volume of business and legal challenges; an effective problem solver with capacity to manage high workload volumes efficiently; recommendations oriented with a focus on execution of projects and tasks; a strong sense of personal responsibility and ownership for the success of a given task

Managing – the interpersonal intelligence, maturity and authority to guide and influence individuals at all levels (i.e. peers, juniors, seniors, clients, external counsel and clients); exceptional organisational skills and a continuously proactive work ethic; a high degree of personal, professional and cultural empathy and emotional intelligence

Positive attitude – high levels of personal energy and an appetite for work and success; tangible self-motivation and initiative

Responsibility for success – exercising leadership and ownership; responsibility for supporting service lines in achieving business growth and protection; risk management tailored to empower the business to be successful in the market; understanding the business imperatives and taking responsibility for their success